The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-09-15
State Press Comment.

State Press Comment.
Louisiana Journal: eff the State
can possibly get along without Nc
Emery he should be defeated. Third
terms should not be encouraged"
Louisiana Journal: ~There are
rumors of an attempt to- adopt the
two-thirds rule in the next State Nom
mating Convention. This scheme of
the third man element will not work.
The Ouachita Telegraph, Mon
cure paper, says: "The only slurs,
SANDER and personal defamation that
has been INDUCED in during this
campaign have been hurled at Gen.
Nichols by the factional McEnery
press"
Louisiana Journal: Call intima-
tons and assertions that Nichols
will bolt the Convention if he should
fail to receive the nomination will be
regarded by all candid and impartial
men as slurs and ISLANDERS upon one
of the truest and purest men In the
State"
Louisiana Journal: elbow many
additional District Judges have been
created under McEnery's administra-
tionp Has the Governor defeated
any of these projects? The judiciary
of Louisiana costs the tax payers
heavily, but the Legislature continues
to increase the number of Judges at
almost every session and we remem-
Der no vetoes"
Morehouse Clarion: "The Demo-
cratic press to-day in Louisiana stands
fairly divided upon the policy OF gov
eminent. One element, we believe
it is to be lamented as they are inten-
tionally good Democrats-havs
very limited comprehension of De-
mocracy, and consequently advocate
the further adoption of the personal
and proscriptive methods of the Nc.
Emery administration. But the other
element takes broader view of De-
mocracy and advocates representative
government, and which is only con-
sistent with Democratic principles
To confne the party to the narrow
limits of personal government is to
destroy and demolish the fundamental
principles upon which the Democratic
party was established. Personal gov
eminent has been defined as gov
eminent of the personal friends of the
Governor for the benefit of those
friends. Representative government
is defined as government by the
people and for the people"
The New Orleans Chronicle calls
for s'third man" for Governor, and
is earnestly opposed to s'third term
for McEnery. It says: "There is a
very general expression of opinion
that the time is near when q change
in the Office of Governor of Louisiana
will be desirable. It partakes of no
factional spirit, and it is not prompt
ed by attachment to anybody's inter
est. Rotation in Office is believed to
be conducive to the maintenance of
impersonal government, and likely to
prevent combinations made to retain
certain men in Office longer than their
merits or the public welfare may re-
quire. Long periods of Office holding
beget confidence beyond that which
comes from duty well performed, and
a reliance on other things than the
expression of popular approval of
their acts to fix their tenure. It is
an unwritten law, but one which De-
mocracy has asserted as one of its
inviolable tenents, and notably with
reference to the Office of President of
the United States, that third term
in prominent executive Office is
inimical to good government and
party unity. Gov. McEnery should
obey that law and cease to allow his
name to be used IN perpetuation of a
faction contest that cannot fail, be-
cause of the acrimony and personal
nature of its conduct, to be injurious
to the party that has conferred sigual
honors upon him in the past"
st. Landry Democrat: ''McEnery
to-day with the party here is the most
unpopular public Juan that ever held
prominent Office in this State. The
proof of this is to be had at every
poll and precinct in the parish by
talking with the people. The evidence
of it is almost as abundant and ubiqui-
tous as the sunshine, as the air we
breate, and nobody here will dispute